PTI

Bhubaneswar, January 28

‘Rangabati’, the well-known Sambalpuri people music which has gained recognition throughout the nation, has received three Padma Shri awards in a span of 5 years, a feat which is the primary of its type in India.

The prestigious award has been bestowed on the author and singers, each female and male, of the 4 a long time outdated romantic music.

Veteran vocalist Krishna Patel received the Padma award this 12 months.

Earlier, its male singer Jitendra Haripal and author Mitrabhanu Gauntia have been conferred the prize in 2017 and 2020, respectively.

Taking to the Twitter, senior BJP chief and Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for recognising the people music artistes, significantly these concerned within the making of the ‘Rangabati’ quantity.

“The Prime Minister has honoured the song by announcing its writer Mitrabhanu Gauntia’s village Bilung as Rangabati Bilung,” Pradhan mentioned in an announcement.

The Centre, he mentioned, has honoured the feelings of the folks, their artwork, tradition and music.

‘Rangabati’ is the mix of two phrases ‘ranga’, which suggests color and ‘bati’ a younger lady. The people music narrates the romantic emotions of two lovers in a forested village.

It was first recorded by All India Radio within the mid-Seventies. Kolkata-based Indian Record Manufacturing Company Limited (INRECO), re-recorded the music in 1976. However, the disc launch was delayed attributable to a dispute and it was lastly accomplished in 1978–79.

The music gained recognition within the Seventies and Nineteen Eighties. Playing or singing it has grow to be part of group occasions and infrequently options in marriage processions and immersion of Goddess Durga idols within the state.

“The song continues to dominate the music world for the last four decades and still attracts the young and old,” Pradhan mentioned.

So a lot in order that the music was performed in Odisha’s tableau within the Republic Day celebrations in New Delhi in 2007.

Overwhelmed by the success of ‘Rangabati’, Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik felicitated Haripal thereafter.

The similar music was aired throughout a global cricket match at Barabati Stadium in Cuttack in 2010. In June 2012 the state tradition division even named a three-day pageant of dance and music of western Odisha as ‘Rangabati Utsav’.

‘Rangabati’ has been recreated in several languages and even utilized in a Telugu film. Its recognition can be seen West Bengal, Bihar, Jharkhand, Andhra Pradesh and Chhattisgarh.

The music additionally featured in Bollywood film ‘Kaun Kitne Pani Mein’.

There have, nonetheless, been controversies when completely different singers used completely different tunes for the music.